K Turaga, E Levine, R Barone, R Sticca, N Petrelli, L Lambert, G Nash, M Morse, R Adbel-Misih, H R Alexander, F Attiyeh, D Bartlett, A Bastidas, T Blazer, Q Chu, K Chung, L Dominguez-Parra, N J Espat, J Foster, K Fournier, R Garcia, M Goodman, N Hanna, L Harrison, R Hoefer, M Holtzman, J Kane, D Labow, B Li, A Lowy, P Mansfield, E Ong, C Pameijer, J Pingpank, M Quinones, R Royal, G Salti, A Sardi, P Shen, J Skitzki, J Spellman, J Stewart, J Esquivel
BACKGROUND: The American Society of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies (ASPSM) is a consortium of cancer centers performing cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). This is a position paper from the ASPSM on the standardization of the delivery of HIPEC. METHODS: A survey was conducted of all cancer centers performing HIPEC in the United States. We attempted to obtain consensus by the modified method of Delphi on seven key HIPEC parameters: (1) method, (2) inflow temperature, (3) perfusate volume, (4) drug, (5) dosage, (6) timing of drug delivery, and (7) total perfusion time...
May 2014: Annals of Surgical Oncology